And who can forget the frank Capra classics "Hemo the Magnificent" and "Unchained Goddess"!
David Lawrence
On Dec 7, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Ted de Castro <tdc at xrayted.com> wrote:
> My inspiration to science was Mr. Wizard. That format can be very educational and inspirational to kids.
>> On 12/6/2011 9:21 PM, Dan W McCarn wrote:
>> Dear Ahmad& Franz:
>>>> I grew-up reading George Gamow's brilliant "Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland" and
>> "Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom". My copies have my early artistic attempts
>> in crayon. My dad placed them on the bedside table when I was 6 or 7 years
>> old. I must have read those books 100 times!
>>>> "Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many thousands of readers (since
>> his first appearance over seventy years ago) as the bank clerk whose
>> fantastic dreams and adventures lead him into a world inside the atom.
>> George Gamow's classic provides a delightful explanation of the central
>> concepts in modern physics, from atomic structure to relativity, and quantum
>> theory to fusion and fission. Roger Penrose's new foreword introduces Mr
>> Tompkins to a new generation of readers, and reviews his adventures in the
>> light of current developments in physics today."
>>>> They make dandy Winter Solstice presents!
>>>>http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/tompkins.pdf>>>> I gave my daughters copies of these great books when they were old enough to
>> read!
>>>> Dan ii
>>>> P.S. Franz - Did the Krampus come to Vienna yesterday? Did you get a lump
>> of coal?
>>>> --
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>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu>> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Ahmad Al-Ani
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 21:18
>> To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu; franz.schoenhofer at chello.at>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Hiroshima Syndrome exposed as subtle
>> butsignificantwidespread psychosis predicated on fictions!
>>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 12:26 AM J. Marshall Reber wrote:
>>>> "Much of the anti nuclear power sentiments are successfully promulgated
>> because of the lack of scientific input in the education of many youngsters"
>>>> Eloquently said indeed, particularly when the issue is put for public voting
>> these days. A vote is a vote, and we, the "Know It All" people, are not that
>> many to tip the voting results one way or another.
>>>> We, again the "Know it All'ers", have failed miserably in simplifying the
>> facts about anything radiation and nuclear, so that the topic becomes a
>> public knowledge, enough to gain an educated vote, rather than keeping the
>> science for experts only.
>>>> Unfortunately, we inherited a bad habit of keeping things for ourselves, as
>> most of the work done by the nuclear pioneers was in clandestine nuclear
>> projects, Manhattan to name the "worst" example.
>>>>>> Ahmad Al-Ani
>> Radiation Physicist
>>>>> On Dec 6, 2011, at 3:17 PM,<franz.schoenhofer at chello.at> wrote:
>>>>>>> j, Marshall Reber,
>>>>>>>> I would have believed that RADSAFE is a scientific platform for
>> scientific professionals.
>>> Franz, indeed that is so. My impression is that much of the anti nuclear
>> power sentiments are successfully promulgated because of the lack of
>> scientific input in the education of many youngsters. Much of this is due
>> to misdirected governmental influences as discussed by Leslie Corrice, whose
>> experiences as he discusses are primarily in the U.S. My hope is that
>> scientific professionals would be more vocal, not within Radsafe, but within
>> lay persons' venues, after contemplating Leslie Corrice's presentations.
>>> J. Marshall Reber, ScD
>>> 165 Berkeley St.
>>> Methuen MA 01844
>>>>>> Tel/Fax: 978-683-6540
>>> Alternate Email: reber at alum.mit.edu>>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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